Clayton Village, Mississippi | |
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  Clayton Village, Mississippi  Clayton Village, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′26″N 88°45′21″W / 33.47389°N 88.75583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Oktibbeha |
| Elevation | 262 ft (80 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39759 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 668541[1] |
Clayton Village is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 82 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, near Starkville and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of Osborn.
Clayton Village was named after Edgar Pomeroy Clayton, former owner of The Guntown Hottimes, a weekly newspaper. He was Superintendent of Education for Lee County from 1908 to 1914 and was head of the Poultry Department at Mississippi A & M College (now Mississippi State University) from 1924 to 1927. He retired to a farm at the site of Clayton Village where he died in 1956.
